American Express

Scaling Digital Customer Acquisition

Owning the primary digital engine for acquiring new Card Members and driving profitable growth at scale.

Role

Product & Program Lead

Team Size

19+ Product Owners

Revenue Impact

$3.5B (Annual Portfolio)

Focus

Growth Strategy

Context

As Product Lead for the American Express U.S. Consumer acquisition website, I owned the primary digital engine for acquiring new Card Members and driving profitable growth at scale.

The platform served over 1M monthly unique visitors and played a central role in acquiring new customers and supporting long-term organic growth - all within a highly regulated financial services environment.

The Objective

Platform Redesign

Reimagine the card shopping experience with modern UX and a unified responsive platform.

Targeted Infrastructure

Enable predictive targeting and pre-approved offers to support upsell opportunities.

Amex Responsive Platform Update

Unified Responsive Experience Redesign

Execution Principles

Customer-first personalization

Help customers find the right card for their lifestyle and needs through intuitive data-driven paths.

Platform simplification

Transitioning from fragmented legacy experiences to a unified, globally responsive architecture.

Compliance by design

Embedding legal and financial regulatory requirements into design and dev workflows early.

Test-and-learn mindset

Aggressive A/B testing and measurement to continuously optimize acquisition ROI.

My Role

As Product, Marketing, and Program Lead, I owned the strategy and end-to-end execution, balancing speed, scale, brand consistency, and regulatory rigor.

Impact & Results

  • Contributed to $3.5B in annual revenue.
  • Acquired 700K new accounts annually.
  • Supported over 1M monthly unique visitors.
  • Delivered an 11% YoY increase in new account acquisition.

→ Established scalable acquisition and personalization infrastructure.

Lessons Learned

"In highly regulated, multi-stakeholder environments, prioritization is everything."

Understanding each stakeholder’s requirements, and aligning them to a clear overarching strategy, was critical to delivering impact without slowing execution.

Post-launch, sustained growth required disciplined iteration. We established a structured optimization roadmap focused on site performance, personalization refinement, and organic growth through SEO and content strategy.